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  *书* | 书* | *书
book / letter / document / CL: , 冊|册, / to write
HSK 1
to read a book / to study / to attend school
HSK 1
secretary
HSK 4
written notice
HSK 4
credentials / certificate
HSK 5
contract / protocol
HSK 5
books (in a library or bookstore) / CL: , 冊|册,
HSK 6
(technical) manual / (book of) directions / synopsis (of a play or film) / specification (patent) / CL:
HSK 6
to read / to study
HSK 7-9
textbook / CL:
HSK 7-9
encyclopedia / CL: ,
HSK 7-9
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  *书* | 书* | *书
abbr. for 書經|书经
(Tw) to cram; to study (from Taiwanese 齧書, Tai-lo pr. [khè su], lit. to gnaw a book) / see also 啃書|啃书
entire book; unabridged book
to listen to a performance of pinghua storytelling 評話|评话 / to listen to an audiobook
commission / proxy / power of attorney / authorization / warrant
to read / to study
white paper (e.g. containing proposals for new legislation) / white book
a series of books / a collection of books
love letter
dictionary / encyclopedia
to write a letter (to the authorities) / to present a petition
same as 書經|书经 Book of History
high official / government minister
character book (i.e. school primer)
Four Books, namely: the Great Learning 大學|大学, the Doctrine of the Mean 中庸, the Analects of Confucius 論語|论语, and Mencius 孟子
a book on the art of war
regular script (Chinese calligraphic style)
pornographic book
imperial edict
to teach (in a school)
running script; semicursive script (Chinese calligraphic style)
folk art consisting of storytelling to music
grass script; cursive script (Chinese calligraphic style)
to write on the blackboard / writing on the blackboard
branch secretary / secretary of a branch of the Communist Party or the Communist Youth League / abbr. for 支部書記|支部书记
an official report (e.g. governmental)
to recite (a text) from memory; to learn a text by heart / to back; to endorse (a political candidate, product, check etc) / backing; endorsement
to collect books / library collection
bid or tender submission or delivery / bid or tender document
history book
posthumous writing / testament / suicide note / ancient literature
History of the Former Han Dynasty, second of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史, composed by Ban Gu 班固 in 82 during Eastern Han (later Han), 100 scrolls
written war challenge
to write personally / personal letter
second-hand book / old book / ancient book
seal script (Chinese calligraphic style)
so many that the bamboo slats have been exhausted / innumerable crimes (idiom) / see also 罄筆難書|罄笔难书
the Book of Songs 詩經|诗经 and the Book of History 書經|书经
document / official correspondence / secretary / secretariat
clerical script; official script (Chinese calligraphic style)
same as 舊唐書|旧唐书, History of the Early Tang Dynasty, sixteenth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史, compiled under Liu Xu 劉昫|刘昫 in 945 during Later Jin 後晉|后晋 of the Five Dynasties, 200 scrolls
to deliver / to send a letter / a letter (of complaint, opinion etc)
classic books in Confucianism / scriptures / sutras
curious coincidence
(old) marriage contract
reference book consisting of material quoted from many sources, arranged by category (about 600 of which were compiled between the 3rd and 18th centuries in China)
ancient book / old book
pingshu, a folk art where a single performer narrates stories from history or fiction
to write a book
History of the Jin Dynasty, fifth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史, compiled under Fang Xuanling 房玄齡|房玄龄 in 648 during Tang Dynasty 唐朝, 130 scrolls
to write at a tremendous speed
traditional art form, consisting of sung story telling with musical accompaniment
credentials (of a diplomat) / documents exchanged between nations / national or dynastic history book
formal recommendation letter in eight columns
medical book
light reading
letter written in one's own blood, expressing determination, hatred, last wishes etc
Six Methods of forming Chinese characters, according to Han dictionary Shuowen 說文|说文 - namely, two primary methods: 象形 (pictogram), 指事 (ideogram), two compound methods: 會意|会意 (combined ideogram), 形聲|形声 (ideogram plus phonetic), and two transfer methods: 假借 (loan), 轉注|转注 (transfer)
almanac
letter of appointment / contract
obscene book / pornography
History of the Sui Dynasty, thirteenth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史, compiled under Wei Zheng 魏徵|魏征 in 636 during Tang Dynasty, 85 scrolls
to scribble rapidly
forged book / book of dubious authenticity / misattributed book / Apocrypha
to write on sb's behalf / a scrivener (who writes legal documents or letters for others)
(old, now used figuratively) official call to arms / official denunciation
rime dictionary (ancient type of Chinese dictionary that collates characters by tone and rhyme rather than by radical)
audiobook
suicide note
to finish (writing a book); to appear in book form / a book already in circulation
print book; printed book
sequel / continuation of a book
return books
lit. to gnaw a book / to study / to cram
History of Qi of the Southern Dynasties, seventh of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史, compiled by Xiao Zixian 蕭子顯|萧子显 in 537 during Liang of the Southern Dynasties 南朝梁, 59 scrolls / usually 南齊書|南齐书 to distinguish from Northern Qi
Facebook
to write without lifting one's pen from the paper / (in the Romanization of Chinese) to write two or more syllables together as a single word (not separated by spaces)
History of the Early Tang Dynasty, sixteenth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史, compiled under Liu Xu 劉昫|刘昫 in 945 during Later Jin 後晉|后晋 of the Five Dynasties, 200 scrolls
seal script used throughout the pre-Han period
Book of Habakkuk
(PRC) (since 1985) graduation certificate, which certifies that the student has graduated, but not necessarily met all requirements to be awarded a degree certificate 學位證書|学位证书 / (1981-1985) graduation certificate, which certified that the student graduated, and, if it included a final sentence indicating a degree type, also certified that the student met all the requirements for a degree
Second Epistle of St Paul to the Thessalonians
to write from memory
reference book
written admonition from an official to his sovereign (old)
written proposal; document outlining an initiative
electronic book / e-book / e-book reader
imperial edict / heavenly book (superstition) / obscure or illegible writing / double dutch
petition

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